Femoral Fixation

摘要

Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.

主权项

1. A method for fixing a ligament graft in a bone tunnel comprising the steps of:
positioning a leading end of a graft within a femoral tunnel, the graft having a trailing end that extends through a tibial tunnel; inserting a flexible sheath into the femoral tunnel, the flexible sheath having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape such that flexible sheath positions the graft on a posterior side of the femoral tunnel; inserting an expansion plug into the flexible sheath to expand the flexible sheath and thereby fix the leading end of the graft within the femoral tunnel.